Why the Democrats are doomed

From a new poll:

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Almost two in three Americans (65%) say a double-dip recession -- defined as a recession followed by a short-lived recovery, followed by another recession -- is now likely to happen. Among those who expect a double-dip recession, nearly half (44%) fear it will be worse than the first one, with 21% worried it will be "much more severe." Just 24% think the second recession will be less severe. These findings come from a recently conducted survey of 1,043 Americans by the polling firm StrategyOne, a Daniel J. Edelman company.

It's worth noting that most economists doubt there will be a double-dip, but many of them expect growth to be so anemic that it might seem like one. Besides, at this point it doesn't much matter what the actual numbers show - people are programming themselves to expect the worst, even though many parts of the country are recovering quite nicely. The most depressing response in the survey:

71% agree that America is fundamentally broken and not working.

I don't believe that to be true, but it's easy to see why people would feel that way.